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Table 2 Injury profile of patients

From: Under the coconut palm – a retrospective analysis of trauma incidents caused by falling coconuts presenting to emergency department at a tertiary care centre in coastal India

Injuries

Number of patients affected

Type of Injury

Soft tissue injury

8 [27.5%]

Head and neck injury

6 [20.6%]

Thoracic injury

¬ Pneumothorax (3)

¬ Haemothorax (1)

4 [13.7%]

Facial injury

5 [17.2%]

Skeletal injury

¬ Radius fracture (3)

¬ Proximal Interphalangeal joint fracture (1)

4 [13.7%]

No injury

2 [6.8%]

Sub-classification of fractures

Skull bones

3

Long bones

3

Facial bone

3

Axial skeleton

¬ Rib fracture (3)

¬ Clavicle fracture (1)

4